Rod-reel



(No Model.)

C" B- MATTES0N- ROD REEL,

Patented Aug. 12', 1890,

Hllll i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE'.-

CHARLES E. MATTESON, OF ALLENTOVN, PENNSYLVANIA.

ROD-REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 434,190, dated August 1'2, 1890.

Application filed August 15, 1889. Serial No. 320,821. (No model.)

To all whom. t may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. MATTEsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing atv Allentown, in the county of Lehigh, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rod-Reels, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to reels for connection with rod-mills; and the object of the invention is to provide a means for receiving arod as it emerges from the final rolls of a train and putt-ing it into the form of a coil, and to do this by means which will occupy the least possible amount of floor-space in a mill, and to deliver the coil from the reel in a plane substantially agreeing with that of the floor ofthe mill, whereby the coil is in a position readily accessible for further handling or treatment..

In a companion application filed simultaneously with this I have shown a reel and its appliances adapted to accomplish the objects above set forth, but differing materially in its construction from that herein shown and hereinafter to be described. In the present instance the rod is coiled against the inner periphery of a cylindrical reel and the reel is rotat-able, whereby centrifugal force is availed of in bringing the rod to the form of a coil. Appliances are also provided for removing the coil from the reel and presenting it, when detached from the reel, on a level with the millfloor.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a central vertical section (with parts in side elevation) of a reel constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan.

Like letters refer to like parts in both figures.

Let A A represent the linal rolls of a train, and X a rod or wire emerging therefrom.

B B is a rod-guide curved at its delivery end horizontally and vertically, so as to preliminarily direct the leading end of a rod passing therethrough downwardly and in a more C C represent the tioor or ordinary floorl plates of a rolling-mill, and D a pit or well extending to a point below the Hoor and of a size adapted to receive a reel and the appliances connected therewith to rotate the same and to deliver a coil therefrom; The pit D is also provided with suitable framing E for the support of t-he reel and its operative parts.

The reel F consists of a hollow cylinder, which may or may not, as desired, be provided with ribs F for the purpose of presenting a reduced surface against which a coil X may bear, thereby facilitating the removal ofthe coil from the reel. The reel is also provided with a central opening F2, through which the rod I of a false bottom or displacing-plate I i passes.

G represents the spindle of the reel, which is made hollow or in the form of a sleeve and provided with lianges G', adapted to take bearing on the framing E. A belt or band-pulley I-I is rigidly secured to the sleeve G, and is intended to receive a belt H to rotate the sleeve and wheel, which is rigidly connected with the upper end of the sleeve.

J is a lever pivotally connected to the spindle of the plate I at J', fulcrumed in a block at J2, and pivoted at J 3 to a rod K', extending upwardly through the lioor and above the same and carrying a platform K. f

The rod X, emerging from the rolls A A, enters the guide-tube B and is delivered therefrom in a slightly-curved and downward direction until its leading end comes into contact with the inner periphery of thereel F.

The reel, being rotated by the belt H and wheel H, moves with the rod at the same ora greater or a less speed, as desired, and the rod is thereby laid within the reel in the form of a coil. When the rod has entirely passed through the guide-tube, the following free end of the rod is whipped by centrifugal force outwardly from the center of the reel toward or against its inner periphery. V The operator now places a foot or stands upon the plat- IOO form K, which, through the medium of the rod, lever, and spindle of the plate I, lifts said plate, which carries with it the coil until the latter is level with the iioor C, when it is drawn away for further treatment. The operator releases the platform, and the discharging-plate and its appliances fall by gravity within the reel, and the operation of ceiling is repeated.

I designate the reel herein shown and described as a pitted reel, meaning thereby a reel arranged in a pit and upon a level with or below the iioor and conveniently adjacent to the final rolls of a rod or other mill of like character.

I am aware that it has been proposed to erect a frame or table at a distance above the floor and make provisions for elevating the completed coil onto said table; but this necessitates the employment of means for removing the completed coil from the table to the ioor of the mill, and I disclaim such construction. It is essential to my invention that the completed coil be delivered from the reel on a level with the floor ot' the mill, where it is readily accessible without lifting for further handling or treatment.

1. A rotative reel arranged in a pit adjacent to the final rolls of a train, combined With means for delivering the coil from the reel on a level with the floor of the mill, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the final rolls of a train and with the floor of a mill, of a rotating reel arranged within a pit in the floor, a guide-tube, and means for delivering a coil from the reel upon a level with the lioor of the mill, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with the Iinal rolls of a train and with a suitable guide-tube, of a pitted reel, lneans for rotating the same Within the pit, and means for discharging a coil therefrom on a level with the floor of the mill, substantially as specified.

4f. The combination of a pitted reel having a hollow spindle, a coil-delivering plate mounted within the reel on a rod passing through said spindle, and means for rotating the reel Within the pit and for reciprocating the delivering-plate to deliver the completed coil on a level with the iioor of the mill, substantially as specified.

5. The combination, with the final rolls of a train, oi' a telescopic guide-tube independent of the reel and having its delivery end curved laterally and downwardly, and a pitted reel and means for rotating the reel, substantially as specified.

6. The combination, with the iinal rolls of a train, of a guide-tube independent of the reel, a pitted rotative reel having a hollow Iianged sleeve, framing Within the pit to support said .sleeve and reel, a coil-displacer arranged within the reel on a shaft passing through said sleeve, and a platform located above the floor-line of the pit and connected with the coil-displacer by rods and levers, substantially as specified.

7. A rotative reel arranged in a pitadjacent to the final rolls of a train and having the upper edge of its vertical portion at all times substantially on a level with the floor in which the pit is formed, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES E. MATTESON. lvitnesses:

WILLIAM M. DoUeLAss, WELLINGTON Il. BIRD. 

